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02. Mingyu

"You ready for this?"

I heaved a heavy breath and then lifted my gaze to one of my best friends, Jeon Jungkook. "I'm ready."

Sort of.

Marriage was a big step, and I hadn't argued when Woo had gone on and on about getting married. I hadn't even argued about all of the wedding plans he had started to make, no matter how extravagant they were.

I liked Woo a lot. He was fun to be around, but I didn't think I was in love with him. That didn't mean I wouldn't be at some point in the future, just not right now.

On the other hand, I couldn't think of any reason not to marry him. My two best friends had recently gotten married and the love they had for their spouses had driven home just how lonely I was. Having someone to spend my life with, even if we weren't in love, didn't seem like that bad of an idea.

"Did he sign the prenup?" I asked.

After seeing what my brother had gone through with his ex-fiancée, I refused to get married without one. Woo and I had discussed what would be included in the contract, but I wasn't able to get it fully written up until Jungkook arrived last night. I didn't trust anyone else to do it.

Even though I was a lawyer myself, it would have been unethical for me to draw the papers up and have Woo sign them. It was better to have Jungkook do it for me.

Jungkook nodded at me. "He did, although I was a little worried he wouldn't sign when I took the papers to him. He seemed kind of nervous."

"Marriage is a big step, and this wedding is a fancy gold-plated circus. I don't blame him for being nervous." If it wasn't for the fact that Woo's family was footing the entire bill for this shit show, I never would have agreed to it. It was way too ostentatious for me.

Jakue D'Amato—Jake—my other best friend chuckled. "I was a little surprised you agreed to such a big wedding. You always said you wanted to elope or something and miss all the fanfare."

"This was what Woo wanted and his family is paying for it, so..." I shrugged again. "No skin off my nose if they want to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on this event."

I certainly wasn't going to pay for this shit show.

I could if I wanted to. I had the money. My law practice was doing quite well. I just didn't see the need to spend so much money on a single-day event, not even for a wedding.

I turned toward the mirror and reached up to straighten my bowtie. I did like the black tux Woo had picked out for me. From what he'd said when he was talking about wedding plans, he was supposed to be wearing a white tux. Woo was a very beautiful man. I'm sure he was going to look wonderful.

That was one of the reasons I had agreed to marry Woo. He wasn't a huge intellectual, but he was nice to look at and he was always energetic and fun to be around. After working hard every day, it would be nice to be able to shut off my brain and come home to a little fun in the evenings.

"It's time," Jake said, interrupting my train of thought.

Right.

The wedding.

I drew in a steadying breath. "Okay, let's do this."

It was too late to back out now. All two hundred guests had arrived, the wedding venue was decorated and ready to go, and the caterers were already on site and setting up for the sit-down dinner reception.

So, so glad I wasn't footing the bill.

I had offered to pay for half of the wedding and reception, but Woo's family refused, saying they would pay for it all. I just needed to take care of the honeymoon. Luckily, I had a really close friend who was loaning me his villa in Italy for a week.